[186770] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VPLS Providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Tantsura)
Fri Jan 1 20:55:59 2016
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From: Jeff Tantsura <jeff.tantsura@ericsson.com>
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 01:55:53 +0000
In-Reply-To: <568698F9.6010206@foobar.org>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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In 2016 we will start seeing first massive EVPN deployments.
If you really need L2 with multihoming and BGP FRR speeds in service recove=
ry - look for EVPN, otherwise, as mentioned below - L3 is your friend.
Regards,
Jeff
> On Jan 1, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
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> Chris Burwell wrote:
>> I've had enough trouble with broadcast storms and other issues in N.A.
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> And you still want vpls? Wow.
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> If you're talking a requirement for connecting geographically separated
> locations, there are sound technical reasons for avoiding vpls like the
> plague. Unless there are overriding technical reasons why it wouldn't
> work, l3vpn will almost always provide a far better quality service.
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> Nick
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